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Brief Thoughts On This Year’s Nebula Award Novel and Novella Shortlists
The Nebulas were announced last week, and yet it’s only now that I’ve decided to apply...
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Binti: The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor (Tor Novellas)
A superb, satisfying and surprising ending to a stellar science fiction trilogy.
Read MoreWeek 22: Some of the nicest Spiders you’re ever likely to meet
Books Read Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky Currently Reading The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor (1) When the Clarke Award nominees were announced Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time was described on my Facebook and...
Read MoreWeek 17: Don’t Look Away – it’s the HUGOOOOOS, oh and the Clarke Awards and a truly fantastic book
Books Read Into Everywhere by Paul McAuley The Shore by Sara Taylor Currently Reading The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan (1) This week saw the announcement of the Hugo Award and Clarke Award nominees – one rinsing the taste of...
Read MoreAn Analysis of 2015’s Literary and Genre Awards: Part 2 – Gender and Diversity
In the case of Gender and Diversity I’m going to report the facts while avoiding commentary, opinion or analysis. I know this isn’t particularly brave on my part, but I’m not willing to draw conclusions based...
Read MoreMy Top 14 Books for 2015
This year I read 104 novel, 4 of which I didn’t finish. My two favourite novels of the year – that is two books you should read immediately if you haven’t already, were: A Brief History of Seven Killings by...
Read MoreSo, who should have won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Because you’ve forgotten, here were the nominees (with handy links to my reviews): Ancillary Sword, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK) The Peripheral, William Gibson (Putnam; Viking UK) The Three-Body Problem, Cixin Liu (Tor)...
Read MoreWho Should Have Won the British Science Fiction Award for Best Novel
Because I’ve completely forgotten who was nominated (announced so long ago) here is a reminder of the finalists and links to my reviews: Ancillary Sword, Anne Leckie (Orbit) The Race, Nina Allan (Newcon) Cuckoo Song,...
Read MoreSo, who should have won the Kitschies Red Tentacle Award for Best Novel…
Here is a reminder of the five nominees with links to my outrageous, provocative and always controversial reviews: Grasshopper Jungle, by Andrew Smith (Electric Monkey) Lagoon, by Nnedi Okorafor (Hodder & Stoughton) The...
Read MoreBook Review: Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
What’s It About? Set in Lagos, the novel is a vibrant mix of alien first contact, superheroes and Nigerian myths and legends. Representative Paragraph Two children meet an alien for the first time… “Don’t you want to...
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